Toy machine gun



May 6, 1947.

R. R: GOODWIN ET AL I TOY MACHINE GUN Filed July 24, 1944 Patented May 6, 1947 OFFICE TOY MACHINE Robert R. Goodwin and George M. Dasher, Augusta, Ga.

Application July 24, 1944, Serial No. 546,254

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to toy machine guns and has for its main object the construction of a simple and practical toy closely resembling a portable machine gun of any desired standard shape which will also simulate the noise of a rapidly firing machine gun.

A further object is to provide a strong, well made machine gun of the above character which may be inexpensively manufactured and assembled and will be perfectly safe at all times to be handled by children.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and in part hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by th following analysis of this invention.

This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts, and in the unique relation of the members and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof, all as more completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art fully to com prehend the underlying features of this invention, that they may embody the same by the numerous modifications in structure and relation contemplated by the invention, drawings depicting the preferred embodiments of the invention form a part of this disclosure, and in such drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in which Fig. l is an elevational view of the complete gun, certain parts being broken away or shown in section, together with a semi-diagrammatic showing of the wiring.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the showing in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the trigger mechanism and contact; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the sounding mechanism, certain parts being broken away or shown diagrammatically.

Referring now to Fig, 1 in detail, 5 indicates the stock of a toy machine gun of a desired type such as the Well known Thompson gun having a hand grip 6, a breech chamber portion 1 in the central part of the gun, a hollow barrel 8 at the forward part, and a drum magazine chamber ill secured thereto in any practical and desired manner as indicated. These are preferably made of wood and painted to simulate appropriate corresponding parts of a real gun.

The breech portion 7 of the gun is provided with a trigger guard l l and trigger l2 which when pulled against the action of a spring 9, Fig. 3, is adapted to close a circuit, as shown in Fig. 1 and hereinafter explained, thus to actuate an electrical mechanism here termed a buzzer shown in Fig. 4, and housed in that portion simulating the magazine of a machine gun.

The term buzzer is used broadly and by way of illustration, is formed by the usual electric bell mechanism electromagnet 13, common to electric bells. A hammer arm i4 is vibrated when the circuit is closed to hit against a bent arm l5, which in turn engages one of the side walls iii of the drum ID. This wall It is preefrably made of thin wood and constitutes a sounding board and when engaged by the arm l5 under the vibration of the hammer I4 causes the drum magazine to simulate the sound of rapid firing.

This electric buzzer I3 is actuated from any convenient source of power such as dry cells I! of the fiash light type housed in some convenient hollow portion of the body of the gun. For the sake of balance it is preferred that the central or breech portion of the gun be used for this purpose. These batteries have one contact plate l8 at one end and another contact plate or disc 20 at the opposite end. The plate or disc l8 at the forward end in this case is provided with a depending lug or contact 2|, shown in Fig. 3, adapted to be engaged by the trigger 12 when swung to dotted line position, thereby to close a circuit through the contact 2!, trigger l2, and wire 22 leading to a terminal 23 adjacent the buzzer l3. The opposite plate 20 is likewise connected by means of wire 24 to another terminal 25 at the other end of the magnetic coils of the buzzer. Thus as the trigger is pulled against the action of the spring 9, as shown in Fig. 3, contact is made at 2|, thus closing the circuit to cause a vibration of the hammer l4 and a consequent vibration of the arm upon the sounding board Hi.

This present mechanism provides a simple, practical toy machine gun which may be inexpensively manufactured and assembled according to the type of machine gun it is supposed to represent. Of course, the more nearly the gun resembles an actual machine gun, as for example gun sights, slings, etc., the more attractive it will be to the children, but inasmuch as there are practically no moving parts and all of the parts are made of wood, except for necessary metallic electrical contacts, etc., the invention is safe to handle at all times and free from any danger of shock.

Without further analysis the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of this invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting certain features that, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of the invention, and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of the following claim,

We claim:

A toy machine gun of the Thompson type, comprising a stock, a breech portion having a chamber therein, and a trigger slot communicating with said chamber, a hand grip beneath said breech portion, and a barrel; a flashlight battery in said chamber, contact discs at opposite ends of said battery, a lug depending from one of said discs adjacent said trigger slot, .9, segmental trigger pivotally mounted at its mid point in said slot, the inner end thereof being adapted to engage said lug upon movement thereof, a hollow drum magazine mounted on the gun adjacent the 15 Number trigger, a solenoid in said magazine, a, vibratory arm coacting with said solenoid, engagement of said trigger and said lug energizing said solenoid, and a hammer carried by said arm adapted to be oscillated against a wall of said drum magazine to produce a vibratory sound effect.

ROBERT R. GOODWIN. GEORGE M. DASHER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Lohr Mar. 8, 1938 Daspit June 14, 1932 Wade Nov. 2, 1937 Schmarion Dec. 5, 1939 

